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PIGADISSANI (Village) LEFKADA
The 'Marcous' bridge, a traditional stone bridge with an arch, is also here. It
must have been built by the Venetians as it has a Venetian name. It is a charming
little bridge located in the midst of thick vegetation and well worth visiting.
Another exceptional natural feature in this area are the waterfalls of Akoni,
which are of great ecological interest. This natural environment has been praised
in the works of Lefkada's two great poets, Aristotelis Valaoritis and Angelos
Sikelianos.
The village of Pigadisanoi is a beautiful village with stone-built houses on the
edge of the plain, clambering over a verdant precipitous slope One of the main
attractions of the village is the church of the Ayioi Anaryiroi.
There is an old horse-drawn oil press in the vicinity; known as 'Koukouliotis,'
it is still preserved in a good condition.
There are several windmills and watermills nearby, evidence that the
place was always rich in crops. The old folk describe how in the past many of
the region's watermills were set out in a row, one below the other, and that they
were powered by the same water. All the mills were privately owned. Inside the
mill would be the miller's bed, the corner with the fireplace, and his household
would always be poor.
The first windmills most likely appeared at the beginning of the 18th
century. Sources collected by the professor of folklore P. Kontomichis show that
in 1760 there were already at least 60 windmills throughout the whole of Lefkada.
Evidence supplied by older residents suggests that there were over ten in this
particular region. The watermill at Anemomylia (which means 'windmill') is the
property of the Municipalit of Karya and it will soon be restored with its machinery
and sails, adding to the beauty of the local environment.
This extract is cited April 2004 from the Prefecture of Lefkada URL below, which contains images
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